Maria Sotomayor

Education

• MA, Foreign Languages and Literature (Spanish Concentration), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1996
• BA, Spanish Literature and Women's Studies (Certificate), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1994

Courses Taught

• SPANISH 103, 104, 203 and 204
• Intensive Spoken SPANISH 110, 111 and 210
• Advanced Grammar
• Advanced Composition
• Advanced Capstone - Senior Thesis Conversation
• Puerto Rican Culture
• Spanish Weekend Immersion
• Spanish for Health Professionals I
• Spanish for Health Professionals II (On-line)
• Health Issues in the Hispanic World
• Expressing Independence: Politics, Art, and Women in Latin America (Freshman Seminar)
• Bridging the Local and Global: Service Learning Milwaukee and Oaxaca (Overseas Program)
• Language Immersion (School of Business Administration Chile Program)
• EMMPAK Instructional Project (Language Instruction for Company Employees)

Research Interests

• Health, Social Services, and Law Enforcement in relation to Hispanics in the U.S.
• Service Learning
• Instructional and Professional Development
• Culture, Gender, and National Identity
• Online Instruction Pedagogy

Related Activities

• UWM Study Abroad Program in Madrid, 2010
• Overseas Program, Bridging the Local and Global: Service Learning Milwaukee and Oaxaca (2004-2006)
• Resident Director, The Chile Study Program (2002)
• Organizer, "Teaching Professional Spanish: Challenges and New Directions" (2001)
• Contributor, Curriculum Articulation Project, UW-System (2000-2001)

Awards and Honors

• Scholorships and Gellowships
  • University of Wisconsin System, Office of Professional and Instructional Development: “Faculty College 2001”
  • American Association of University Women Scholarship, 1992
• UW System- Women of Color in Education, 2011
• UWM Academic Staff Outstanding Performance Award, 2007
• Sigma Delta Pi Academic Honor Society, 2003
• Phi Kappa Phi- Academic Honor Society, 1996

Biographical Sketch

Essays

Writing in a Foreign Language: What Teaching Approach Helps Non-Native Students Acquire Better Writing Skills? Schroeder, C. and Ciccone, A. Eds. Learning in Context: The Diversity of SOTL Inquiry. UWM Center for Instructional and Professional Development, (2006): 21-38

Translations (editor)

"Milwaukee Transportation Partners." I-94 North-South Corridor Newsletter. Multicultural Marketing & Communication, 2006.\n“Foster and Williams Visual Communication Campus.” Trans. Noé Martínez. Technical Assistance & Leadership Center and Milwaukee Public Schools, 2004.

“Parent Checklist for Finding a School.” Trans. Noé Martínez. Technical Assistance & Leadership Center and Milwaukee Public Schools, 2004.

“A Self-Help Guide: Where to go in Milwaukee for Help with a Drug or Alcohol Problem.” Trans. Wilberto Álvaro and Wilda Rosario. Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research: A Wisconsin Non-Profit Public/Private Partnership. 2002.

Translations (solo)

Leal, Luis. “Mexico’s Centrifugal Culture.” Discourse 18 (1995): 111-121.

Manuscript Reviews

Vértice. Dehli, State University of New York Press, 2006.

Spanish for the Professions (Health Care). Prentice Hall, 2001.

Pueblos. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.

Civilización y Cultura. Harcourt College Publishers, 2000.